It's an overwhelming sort of day.

After some discussion, we've decided that Audrena should really have physical therapy twice a week. Our physical therapist is excited and willing to learn about vestibular rehabilitation, and we know that if Audrena is going to walk independently any time soon it's going to be important to work with her as much as possible.

In addition, our physical therapist has suggested that we have the occupational therapist get involved. He said she just knows more about the visual/perceptual things that Audrena will need to help her compensate for her lack of balance.

Our "idea" as of right now is that after Audrena has her first CI activation, we would bump speech/AV therapy up to 3 times a week. We have also discussed doing 3 sessions per month at USD and one session per month at Boys Town. That would be basically 4 speech therapy sessions per week.

So with all things considered, we could be looking at 7 therapy sessions a week plus the activities we will do at home. I'm exhausted just thinking about it, but Randy and our daycare will be the ones to deal with most of it because he typically has some weekdays off. The rest of the weekdays are spent at daycare. (Thank goodness for a good daycare!) Plus we will also need to make sure that Reyana and Kelton get enough individual attention in the process.

I know these next few years will pass quickly, and in the grand scheme of things it's a small sacrifice. But it's still overwhelming. It feels like we're at the bottom of a mountain, contemplating how hard the climb will be. One thing is for certain, though, no matter how difficult this journey might be, we wouldn't trade Audrena for the world.